The Masque at Kenilworth

Originally titled "Kenilworth, A Masque of the days of Queen Elizabeth", it is now generally referred to as "The Masque at Kenilworth". The libretto was taken from the score, except for No. 7, which, though retaining Chorley's changing of words, uses Shakespeare's formatting. For more information, see The Masque at Kenilworth at Wikipedia.

[1] Oriana: Queen Elizabeth.
[2] Legendary Greek poet who was thrown off a ship and rescued by dolphins.
[3] This is a cut-and-paste job of various conversations between Lorenzo and Jessica in Act V, Scene I of the Merchant of Venice.
[4] Chorley was heavily criticised for this change: The original was "Such harmony is in immortal souls". There are several other mistakes in this section.